[wisb] Re: Fish that might pull a Horned Grebe under? - Forgot one reply

From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 10:31:47 -0700 (PDT)
Forgot to mention that one person suggested large catfish.

Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee

--- On Sun, 4/3/11, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Fish that might pull a Horned Grebe under? - Replies
To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 11:54 AM

I received quite a few responses to this query...I accidentally deleted a 
couple of responses before tallying them, but here's the general drift:

* Musky - 7 suggestions
* Northern Pike - 5 suggestions
* Snapping Turtle - 2 suggestions (both people said it was probably too early 
for this...they were just saying that a snapper *could* take a smallish duck).
* Large carp - 1 suggestion
* Salmon - 1 suggestion
* Alligator Gar - 1 suiggestion
* Also received a response that the grebe may not have been nabbed by a 
predator. Sometimes they act the way my bird acted when startled while 
surfacing. This is one of the responses I accidentally deleted, and I don't 
remember the exact details, including who sent it to me.

Brian Hansen sent me a link to an article about a 48-inch Musky caught in 
McKinley Marina last summer: http://bit.ly/hMmQN3 (complete with photo). So 
there *are* big predators in Milwaukee Harbor

Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee

--- On Thu, 3/31/11, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] Are there fish that might pull a Horned Grebe under?
To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 7:54 PM

Just wondering if there might be fish in Milwaukee Harbor that could pull a 
Horned Grebe underwater?

I was watching a Horned Grebe diving today behind the Milwaukee Art Museum. It 
would do its graceful dive, stay under for awhile, pop back up for a minute or 
so, and then dive gracefully again. This sequence was repeated several times.

But the last time I saw this grebe was rather mysterious. It barely cleared the 
surface of the water before going down again in an awkward and ungraceful way. 
Hardly even enough time to get a breath of fresh air. I stood and watched for 
at least five minutes and didn't see the grebe come back up.

When the water is clear in this spot I've seen salmon/trout approaching three 
feet in length. But I'm not sure what they eat. Are there fish in Milwaukee 
Harbor that are capable of eating smallish diving ducks??

Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
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